I don't believe it would be responsible for any business to count on the goodwill of a provider no matter how good his reputation to preserve the security of strategic data. It does not matter what might be the promise of Google I think the only way is the way that Geoffrey propose.
On 22 May 2010 21:07, hawkett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Geoffrey, > > I'm sure you didn't mean your response to come across this way - but > it reads - 'encrypt your data, or expect google to look at it for > whatever reason they see fit'. As this thread alone shows, data > security is of huge importance to many people using or considering the > use of app engine. > > Is this approach to data security also your perception of app engine > for business? > http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/05/announcing-google-app-engine-for.html > > Sorry for the semi-rant, but it's hard work convincing folks to put > their data in the cloud, and every authoritative (you are listed as an > API guru) statement that erodes their perception of the cloud vendor's > security practices makes that job harder. I guess this highlights > again the need for unambiguous statements on this - probably in the > form of an SLA. I recommend that anyone who has similar concerns star > this issue - http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=501 > - raised nearly 2 years ago. Ironic that the issue id is '501' - HTTP > speak for 'Not Implemented'. Some kudos though for starting that > process as of a couple of days ago - > http://code.google.com/appengine/business/sla.html, > despite the lack of data privacy clauses. As noted in the issue, the > number one concern is data privacy, not uptime. > > Colin > > On May 21, 2:08 pm, Geoffrey Spear <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 21, 4:20 am, Madame Or <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Given the high sensitivity of my data it is very important that no one > > > except of course the individuals I would allow and the software I > > > would enable to access the data stored in that BigTable. Hence I would > > > like to know also if it is possible to prevent anyone, including > > > Google, to have access to my data stored in BigTable? > > > > There's no way to prevent Google from accessing anything stored on > > their servers. It's unlikely they'd do so without a good reason, but > > if you want to ensure security, use strong encryption. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- V07768198309 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
